Om VM i fodbold i Sydafrika 2010 med beskrivelser af holdene, gruppeinddelingerne, stadions og kampprogram samt VM-historie og statistik Titel: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa af (Bog) Udgave: 1. udgave Genre: Sport Sammendrag: Bogen indeholder en guide til hvert turneringsstadion og en historisk oversigt over 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, samt en turneringsoversigt. Type: Paperback
Officiel menneskerettighedsrapport om African Commission’s Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities’ mission til Republikken Congo i marts 2010. Rapporten gennemgår baggrund og kontekst for oprindelige folks situation i Congo, beskriver feltbesøg, møder og høringer, analyserer national lovgivning, praksis og politikker vedrørende landrettigheder, naturressourcer, kulturelle rettigheder, deltagelse og diskrimination. Der fremlægges vidnesbyrd fra berørte lokalsamfund, vurderinger op imod African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights og andre internationale standarder samt detaljerede anbefalinger til regeringen i Congo, Den Afrikanske Union og internationale aktører om, hvordan indigenous peoples’ rettigheder kan sikres bedre i praksis. Type: Paperback
Novel about a toddler miraculously rescued from the desert by a clan of Kalahari Bushmen. Written by an Australian who spent 20 years in Africa. Forfatter: Beverley Harper Forlag: Macmillan Udgivelsesår: 1997 Sider: 425 Sprog: Engelsk
Recent bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa remind us that U.S. citizens and U.S. interest are not immune to terrorism. Featuring the works of world-renowned experts, this book traces the recent evolution of international terrorism against civilian and U.S. military targets, looks ahead to where terrorism is going, and assesses how it might be contained. Titel: Countering the New Terrorism Forfattere: Ian O. Lesser,Bruce Hoffman,John Arquilla,David Ronfeldt,Michele Zanini Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: Recent terrorist acts, such as the bombings of the World Trade Center, Khobar Towers, and U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, remind us that terrorism is capable of gravely affecting U.S. citizens and U.S. interests. In Countering the New Terrorism, authors Ian Lesser, Bruce Hoffman, John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt, and Michele Zanini trace the recent evolution of international terrorism
"This classic work by the distinguished economist traces the history of nine American ethnic groups--the Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Chinese, African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans." Ethnic America: A History" af Thomas Sowell er en bog, der sporer historien om ni forskellige etniske grupper i USA: irerne, tyskerne, jøderne, italienere, kineserne, japanerne, afroamerikanere, puertoricanere og mexicanere. Bogen tilbyder et indblik i disse gruppers erfaringer med tilpasning til det amerikanske samfund og analyserer de årsager, der har bidraget til deres forskellige fremskridt eller mangel på samme. Nøglepunkter fra bogen ifølge anmeldelser: Bogen fremhæver, at USA er en nation af immigranter, men at der er vigtige forskelle mellem de mange forskellige folkeslag, der er kommet til landet. Sowell argumenterer for, at kulturer ikke er "overlegne" eller "underlegne," men derimod be
The story of the journey of the dhow, the Mir-El-Lah, with her quixotic nakhoda (captain) is told in this remarkable book. With his wife, Mirella, and their crew, this intrepid traveller sailed from the Shatt Al Arab on the Iran/Iraq border to East Africa on the classic monsoon route which Arab sailors have travelled for thousands of years.
The mission is classified . . . and illegal In the blistering heat of the Sudan, the CIA has gone rogue. On the trail of a notorious terrorist, Agency operatives have overstepped their sanctioned boundaries. And now the ultimate weapon has fallen into the wrong hands. As Danny Freah and his spec-ops team scramble to recover a top secret aircraft that has crashed in Africa, Whiplash Director Jonathon Reid finds himself mysteriously shut off from information about the robot drone and its mission. Maneuvering through the twisted back corridors of the CIA and Washington’s power elite, Reid discovers secrets both illegal and highly dangerous—a virtually unstoppable assassin and an out-of-control clique within the Agency. Torn between loyalty and conscience, Reid must find a way to alert the President and avert a national disaster. But with the Whiplash team caught in the chaos of a brutal Afr
In Manhattan, Craig Mellow is the toast of the literary world, a young writer whose bestselling novels and larger-than-life adventures are fueled by natural-born charisma. But Craig lost a limb and a legacy in Africa. And his heart still clings to the land. A representative of the World Bank recruits Craig to return to his war-torn homeland--to use his knowledge of Zimbawe's people, languages, and wildlife to stabilize its future. But once he sets foot on the continent, Craig cannot resist what runs in his blood.. Soon, this scion of a legendary family is caught in a new era of massive ivory poaching, of tribal warfare waged with modern killing tools, and international politics hardwired directly to Washington and Moscow. With a woman by his side and a traitor behind his back, Craig is about to learn a lesson of a brutal new age--if he can survive Africa one more time. Forlag: Pan Books
